Question

what is transplanting ?how is it advantageous to a farmer?

Answer 1

Technique of moving a plant from one location to another

Answer 2

Transplantation:-

For certain crops such as rice ( paddy) , tomato , onion , chilli etc . seeds are not directly sown in a main Fields . In such cases , the seeds are firstly sown in a small seed- bed callled nursery.

When the seedlings ( new plants ) have 4-5 leaves , then the healthy seedlings are transferred into the main filed.

Advantages of transplantation :

Transplantation method has the following advantages -

1) Transplantation enables selective cultivation of healthy seedling. This results in better crop production.

2) Transplantation permits better root penetration into the soil.

3) Transplantation allows better shoot development.